Reasoning Knowledge

This section assesses students' inductive reasoning, quantitative reasoning, and number facility. The test presents a set of numbers, and the student is to select the number that would come next in the series.

Figure out the pattern from the given number series;
From the choices, select the one comes next in the series following the same pattern

Adding a certain number to get the next:
1. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
47101316 ⇒
A) 19 B) 21 C) 23 D) 18 E) 22
[Correct Answer]:A
Deducting a certain number to get the next:
2. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
109876 ⇒
A) 7 B) 6 C) 5 D) 1 E) 8
[Correct Answer]:C
Adding the previous two numbers to get the next:
3. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
369152439 ⇒
A) 64 B) 60 C) 61 D) 59 E) 63
[Correct Answer]:E
Every 3 numbers repeat:
4. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
357357357 ⇒
A) 5 B) 3 C) 11 D) 9 E) 7
[Correct Answer]:B
Every 3 numbers repeat with order changes:
5. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

012201120012 ⇒
A) 3 B) 4 C) 0 D) 1 E) 2
[Correct Answer]:E
Every 4 numbers repeat:
6. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
1
8

1
6

1
4

1
2

1
8

1
6

1
4

1
2

1
8

1
6

1
4

1
2

1
8
⇒
A)
1
2
B)
1
6
C)
1
10
D)
1
12
E)
1
4

[Correct Answer]:B
Every 4 numbers as a group:
7. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
123422343234423⇒
A) 1 B) 2 C) 5 D) 4 E) 3
[Correct Answer]:D
Adding one to both denominator and numerator to get the next fraction:
8. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

2
3

3
4

4
5

5
6

6
7
⇒
A)
6
8
B)
7
6
C)
9
8
D)
7
8
E)
7
9

[Correct Answer]:D
Each number is square number in sequence:
9. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.

14916 ⇒
A) 15 B) 25 C) 40 D) 5 E) 30
[Correct Answer]:B
Appending a digit following certain pattern to get the next number:
10. Figure out the rule used to arrange the numbers, then decide what number should come next in the series.
585858885888588 ⇒
A) 8885888 B) 885888 C) 888588 D) 88858 E) 85888
[Correct Answer]:C